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List of largest companies in Belgium

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This article lists the largest companies in Belgium in terms of their revenue, net profit and total assets, according to the American business magazines Fortune and Forbes.

2023 Fortune list

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This list displays all 12 Belgian companies in the Fortune Europe 500, which ranks the largest companies in Europe by annual revenue. The figures below are given in millions of US dollars and are for the fiscal year 2022.[1] Also listed are the headquarters location, net profit, number of employees worldwide and industry sector of each company.

Rank Name Industry Revenue
(USD millions)
Profits
(USD millions)
Employees Headquarters
1 Anheuser-Busch InBev Beverages 57,786 5,969 166,632 Leuven
2 Umicore Mining 26,946 599 11,565 Brussels
3 KBC Group Banking 18,716 2,885 39,288 Brussels
4 Solvay S.A. Chemicals 16,903 2,004 21,820 Brussels
5 Colruyt Group Retail 11,257 209 31,535 Halle
6 Ageas Insurance 10,920 1,063 14,673 Brussels
7 Groupe Bruxelles Lambert Holding 9,465 (615) 60 Brussels
8 Viohalco Mining 7,347 280 19,762 Brussels
9 Proximus Telecommunications 6,220 473 11,634 Brussels
10 Bekaert Chemicals 5,944 283 23,551 Zwevegem
11 UCB Pharmaceuticals 5,803 440 8,721 Brussels
12 Belfius Banking 5,663 1,025 6,343 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

2024 Forbes list

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This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies. The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking. The table below also lists the headquarters location and industry sector of each company. The figures are in billions of US dollars and are for the year 2023. All 10 companies from Belgium are listed.[2]

Rank Forbes
2000 rank
Name Headquarters Revenue
(billions
US$)
Profit
(billions
US$)
Assets
(billions
US$)
Value
(billions
US$)
Industry
1 88 Anheuser-Busch InBev Leuven 59.4 5.3 221.0 138.1 Beverages
2 241 KBC Bank Brussels 29.8 3.2 388.2 30.0 Finance
3 786 Ageas Brussels 12.2 1.0 106.1 9.4 Insurance
4 1337 Solvay S.A. Brussels 9.9 2.1 7.5 3.9 Chemicals
5 1469 Colruyt Group Halle 10.8 1.1 7.1 5.6 Retail
6 1626 D'Ieteren Brussels 8.6 0.5 8.0 11.4 Automotive
7 1636 UCB Brussels 5.7 0.4 17.2 25.7 Pharmaceuticals
8 1713 Umicore Brussels 19.7 0.4 11.2 5.1 Mining
9 1974 Euronav Brussels 1.1 1.2 3.7 4.0 Oil and Gas

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Fortune 500 Europe 2023". Fortune. Retrieved 2024-08-21.
  2. ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-25.